NASA DECLARES AN END TO DEEP IMPACT COMET MISSION
This undated artist rendering released by NASA shows the Deep Impact spacecraft. In 2005, it smashed a comet with a projectile to give scientists a peek of the interior. The…
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2ND PRIVATE COMPANY ROCKETS TOWARD SPACE STATION
By MARCIA DUNN The Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket lifts off the launchpad at the NASA Wallops Island test flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The…
UN OFFICIAL: WORLD FAILING OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
By RAPHAEL SATTER Halldor Thorgeirsson, right, a senior director with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and researcher Brian Hoskins take questions during a press briefing at London’s…
13-YR-OLD INDIAN GIRL BEGINS MICROBIOLOGY MASTER’S
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 photo, Sushma Verma, 13, attends a ceremony organized by Sulabh International Social Service Organization to recognize her as “India’s Child Prodigy”…
50 YEARS LATER, HOTLINE TO MOSCOW STILL RELEVANT
By DAVID DISHNEAU FILE – This Aug.30, 1963 black-and-white file photo shows the White House Kremlin “hot line” providing direct communication for emergency use by the Chief of Staff in…
PHYSICIAN WHO TOLD OF HANDLING ROSWELL DEBRIS DIES
By AMY BETH HANSON This undated photo provided by the family, shows Jesse Marcel Jr. Marcel, who said he handled debris from the 1947 crash of an unidentified flying object…
TRAMWAY PLANNED FOR MACHU PICCHU’S ‘SISTER CITY’
By CARLA SALAZAR FILE – This Oct. 1, 2003 file photo shows the Choquequirao ruins in Cusco, Peru. Choquequirao, which means “cradle of gold” in Quechua, is believed to be…
UN ENVOY: SYRIA ‘SUBSTANCE’ MAY HAVE KILLED 1,000
By JOHN HEILPRIN The UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks on developments related to Syria during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations…